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Posted 1/31/2015 7:04 AM (GMT 0)
If you want any certain food left for morning at my house you best hide it... this middle of the night wide-awake hunger fest is crazy tonight!
Posted 1/31/2015 1:13 PM (GMT 0)
All you can eat buffets are highly recommended while on prednisone; get your money worth lol. Just fill those cupboards with healthy snacks and vegetables, so you don't gain 30 pounds... good luck,
Posted 1/31/2015 1:25 PM (GMT 0)
what, no porch building project underway ?
Posted 1/31/2015 1:34 PM (GMT 0)
what you got agin gaining 30 pounds poop man ?
Posted 1/31/2015 2:39 PM (GMT 0)
I had to have my doc prescribe me Ambien while I was on prednisone or I never would have gotten any sleep. Never had the appetite increase though.
Posted 1/31/2015 2:59 PM (GMT 0)

juststud said...
what, no porch building project underway ?

Can't build the porches forever! I'm one of those folks that gets things done... ;-)

Also, to Ipoop and you... ironically, the first time I went on Pred for UC, back in 2003, I gained 30 pounds. Then I lost it all really fast too after I was off Pred, and have stretch marks on my lower back to prove it. darn if that wasn't a rude awakening to UC.

ByeBye... I've been hesitant to take any more meds, but it is getting bad enough that maybe I should do something. I bought this herbal pill called KavaKava which is supposed to help greatly, but it says I should check with my doctor before using as it is pretty strong. I haven't wanted to overrun my new doctor with questions so I've been waiting a bit. Should shoot a message over to her Monday though...
Posted 1/31/2015 3:46 PM (GMT 0)
I hope you do well, Thoreau. I had such intense hunger on Prednisone, but didn't gain a pound...the insomnia will end up increasing your fatigue if you don't do something, whether it's a few shots of whiskey before bed or a mild sleep aid. Easy on the kava, though, especially if your liver is compromised.
Posted 1/31/2015 3:58 PM (GMT 0)
even porches need porches in the middle of the night !
Posted 1/31/2015 7:49 PM (GMT 0)
all bets are off when i'm on prednisone. my go-to munchies during the late night hours are tortilla chips and salsa and lay's potato chips (MUST be lay's) and tribe hummus. none of it's paleo crap but i figure when i'm flaring, i just need calories!! i'm one of those freaks of nature that hardly gains weight on prednisone anyway even though i'm insatiable!
Posted 1/31/2015 9:35 PM (GMT 0)

Thoreau said...
ByeBye... I've been hesitant to take any more meds, but it is getting bad enough that maybe I should do something. I bought this herbal pill called KavaKava which is supposed to help greatly, but it says I should check with my doctor before using as it is pretty strong. I haven't wanted to overrun my new doctor with questions so I've been waiting a bit. Should shoot a message over to her Monday though...

you could also try natural melatonin. Sometimes it works for people. I bought some in a gummy form.
Posted 1/31/2015 9:41 PM (GMT 0)
I am right there with you and i am only on 4mg. I can't stop eating!! It's as if i never feel full. I sleep ok lately but I have ambien just in case.
Posted 2/1/2015 4:04 AM (GMT 0)

juststud said...
even porches need porches in the middle of the night !

Say what??!
Posted 2/1/2015 4:17 AM (GMT 0)
I'm in an odd predicament right now cuz I'm tapering off pred (tomorrow is last dose yay!) but the imuran I started recently has been making me nauseas. So I've got pred hunger but imuran making me want to puke lol. The nausea goes away eventually but then I'm even more starved cuz I couldn't eat when I felt sick. It's horrible lol. But I've been on pred since Christmas Eve so I've had my share of food lol. And a lovely bloated belly to prove it! Only thing that sucks is once I'm off pred I have no excuse for being a fat kid lol.
Posted 2/1/2015 4:28 AM (GMT 0)
I guess I was lucky, I loved preds, if they weren't so bad for my bones I would stay on 40mg.
Posted 2/1/2015 7:36 AM (GMT 0)
Hey all, just wanted to say thanks for your replies here. I'm up way late again, seeing how fast I can empty the cabinets...

Having a bit of a snowstorm here at the moment. Headed out a bit ago to try to get to one of my rentals to plow, but the roads were untouched by state/city plows yet and I turned back around after a bit. I was WIDE awake though, driving out there past midnight. Haha

McFarl... your situation sounds horrible! lol (said with sympathy even though it's funny). I got the nausea from 6mp (similar to Imuran) as well. I wish I had some great answer to help all of us that are suffering in one way or another.
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